Say what, Wa Post writer? “As chief executive, the president overseas federal prosecutions...????
Are you sure about that? What happened to the Attorney General who oversees federal cases/prosecutions? Is he just “chopped liver” or “window dressing”?
Back to “Law 101” please.
At least Stormy had some redeeming qualities.
I keep reading that Cohen claims he was threatened. I have yet to see the actual threats.
WHat Trump and his lawyer are saying are standard things you would say if someone is accusing you of things.
They claim it is “witness tampering” because he’s the President, with the implication that he therefore could actually take action; of course he can’t touch the Mueller investigation, so that claim is absurd.
And this may be a good reason to not allow these types of criminal investigations against a president, if he isn’t allowed to defend himself because of his position.